INFANTILES Y JUVENILES

Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different, but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a kid-hating terror of a headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull, she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves, and Matilda may be just the one to do it!

Max Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London. Leaving home is hard and Max is alone for the first time in his life. But not for long. Max is surprised to discover that he’s been joined by two unexpected traveling companions, one on each shoulder, a kobold and a dybbuk named Berg and Stein. Germany is becoming more and more dangerous for Jewish families, but Max is determined to find a way back home, and back to his parents. He has a plan to return to Berlin. It merely involves accomplishing the impossible: becoming a British spy. The first book in a duology, Max in the House of Spies is a thought-provoking World War II story as only acclaimed storyteller Adam Gidwitz can tell it—fast-paced and hilarious, with a dash of magic and a lot of heart.

Max Bretzfeld was willing to do anything to return to Germany, even become a British spy. Training complete and forged papers in hand, the radio wunderkind’s missions have begun. But nothing is as he expected. His parents are missing. Nazi intelligence is watching him. And the lines between lies and truth are becoming more blurred every day. Max will need every tool at his disposal, from his radio expertise and spy training to the help of Berg and Stein, the immortal creatures living on his shoulders. Even so, there’s no guarantee he’ll make it out of Berlin alive.

Con la ayuda de Helena Hipo y Juani Bicho, tendrá que impedir que el malvado Raspadeoro robe una valiosa varita de pescado de oro macizo. En esta peligrosa misión encontraremos guaridas secretas, todo tipo de artefactos de espionaje, sustancias tóxicas y explosiones, y hasta nenúfares absorbidos por retretes gigantes. ¿Podrán Max y su equipo derrotar a este pez malandrín? La verdad es que...

Ruby Bell tiene sólo dos objetivos para este curso: trabajar duro para lograr el acceso a Oxford, y pasar desapercibida para sus elitistas compañeros del colegio Maxton Hall. Sin embargo, el atractivo, rico y arrogante James Beaufort se cruzará en su camino y todo lo que había planeado saltará por los aires, transformando su vida para siempre. En un mundo en el que la riqueza y el poder lo son todo, sólo un beso puede romper las reglas.

Ruby no quiere saber nada más de James. Lo que ha hecho es imperdonable. Pero James está destrozado, su mundo se tambalea y está a punto de romperse en pedazos. ¿Será capaz Ruby de mantenerse alejada de James, sobre todo cuando su corazón le dicta algo muy distinto?